Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting, 1st ed. 2016
Imperatives for Equitable Public Expenditure
SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace Series, Vol. 22

This unique book focuses on the hybridization of grassroots participation in planning, implementing, and developing gender-responsive budgeting. It explores the possibilities for gender sensitive budgeting when implemented using techniques that have been popularized by participatory governance activists. A combination of the two allows for a whole new way of ensuring public budgets are used equitably.

Making public expenditures equitable: When GRB meets PB.- Interlinking gender responsiveness and participation in public budgeting processes.- Women in budgeting: A critical assessment of participatory budgeting experiences.- Gender responsive and participatory budgeting in Penang: The people-oriented model.- Community participation and women’s empowerment: The Kerala experience of participatory planning and budgeting.- Integrating gender equality, women’s rights and participation in the budget process: A survey of entry points and practical examples.